belly flop

See also: bellyflop and belly-flop

English

Alternative forms

Noun

belly flop (plural belly flops)

(diving) A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.

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Translations

style of diving

French: plat (fr) m
German: Bauchklatscher (de) m
Interlingua: salto a ventre de immersion
Italian: spanciata (it) f

Norwegian:
Bokmål: mageplask n
Swedish: magplask (sv) n

Verb

belly flop (third-person singular simple present belly flops, present participle belly flopping, simple past and past participle belly flopped)

To perform this type of dive.

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